Sunday, November 1, 2015

November Again

Last week was an exercise in chaos. Heating and Air men all
over the place, dog frantic due to comings and goings, relatives from Montana,
illness, and then someone shot a BB into our living room window on Thursday
night. We were not the only one on the block to get a hit. Irritating to say
the least.

Then the rain set in and the chilly, damp air made it feel
like winter. GRRRRRR. I am not ready for being penned inside. On Saturday we
all, including the dog, seemed to crash. We hunkered in our chairs, ate
leftovers, kept the tea pot hot, and in general felt sorry for ourselves that
winter was coming. None of us like it. Biscuit would not go out into the wet.
Looked back at me at the door as if saying, “Do we have to go through this
again?”

However, today has been a lovely reprieve! The sun shined
like a bald man’s dome; the sky was the perfect blue of brand new stone-washed
denim and not a cloud of any kind in the sky. I baked a month’s worth of fiber
muffins and the kitchen smelled healthy and as comforting as a log cabin in the
Smokies. The tea pot was warm again too.

Mid-morning Miss Biscuit and I took a walk, no jacket. It
was perfect weather. We moseyed! Then when we got home it was time for tea and
a book on the deck. DH joined in which meant a little more disturbance to the
quiet! After lunch, a few chores and gathering the trash. But nothing feel like work when the sun shines and lights up the oranges and yellows of autumn.